GNU bug report logs - #5373
Example in font-lock-add-keywords should use shy subgroup

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:27:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 5373 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, 5373 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5373: Example in font-lock-add-keywords should use shy
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:58:50 -0500

>>>> It could.  But the use of a normal group is harmless.
>>> I thought it was slower?
>> No, it's not.  Maybe you're thinking about greedy matching?  Anyway, I'm
>> going to close this bug.
> No, I was not. I just thought finding the extra match data was a bit slower.
> Thanks for telling.

Well, it is marginally slower, but you'd be hard pressed to measure
the difference.


        Stefan
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